International Legal Studies:

International Human Rights Law; International Organizations; Public International Law; Law of the European Union; United Nations Tribunal Systems; International Treaty Law; International Intellectual Property Law; National Security Law

Education:

Boston University School of Medicine, 2015
Biotechnology and Clinical Research, Metropolitan College
Boston, MA

LL.M. The George Washington University Law School, 2008
Intellectual Property Law
Washington, D.C.

J.D. New England School of Law, 2005
Intellectual Property Law
Boston, MA

International Relations Certificate Studies
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 2012
Medford, MA

Judge, 6 years, Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, International Rounds

Volunteer Lawyer for the Arts, 4 years, Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston

Elaine Tassinari, Biography

Elaine Tassinari is an attorney with eleven years of experience in Litigation with education and experience in Intellectual Property, Medical Inventions, Medical Devices, Biology and Biotechnology.

She has worked for three years as a trial attorney, has ten years of experience in complex litigation, has worked for two years in oncology, has six years of biology studies with laboratory work, and experience in intellectual property matters, medical inventions and medical devices.

Elaine worked in patent interferences in a Washington, D.C. national, boutique patent law firm and as an intern at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. in chambers for the Honorable Judge Randall R. Rader. Elaine has 36 credits of Biology studies and Biomedical and Molecular Biology expertise. In 2015, Elaine completed a course of study at the Boston University School of Medicine in Biotechnology and Clinical Research.

Elaine began her legal career in 2005 working on a matter related to the Patent Cooperate Treaty and interacting with offices at WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to law school, Elaine’s Intellectual Property and international work encompassed working in Japan for a steel company as an Assistant to the President/Owner reading the patents for cold rolled steel for inventions for surgical instruments and cell phone equipment. She also worked in Oncology diagnostics for a Cambridge, MA biotechnology firm.

During her LL.M. studies, in 2006, at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., Elaine was selected as the first LL.M. student to become an intern for the Honorable Chief Judge Rader at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C. The Federal Circuit is the highest appellate court with specialized jurisdiction for patent appeals. While there, she drafted bench memos and advised the judge on points of law and issues in the litigants’ briefs and during oral arguments. Elaine attended one year of oral arguments at the Federal Circuit.

Elaine has experience assisting in all areas of patent prosecution on mechanical inventions, utility patents, articles of manufacture, laboratory equipment, and provisional applications.

Elaine has been invited to guest lecture in Intellectual Property Law for a Boston area law school and lecture on the U.S. Supreme Court decision, KSR v. Teleflex.

In March of 2012, working with a Virginia attorney, Elaine successfully drafted the report of facts from victims’ depositions for the Special Master for the O’Brien v. Islamic Republic of Iran case in which the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia awarded the U.S. Marines 44 million dollars in damages for injuries suffered in the 1983 U.S. Marine Barracks Bombing. This case addressed the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and the Terrorism Exception. This case can be found on Wikipedia.

Elaine brings impressive leadership, project management and team building skill sets to every project in which she is involved. Elaine’s technical areas of expertise are in molecular biology, immunology and medical devices.

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Internationalbrief@gmail.com

Elaine T Tassinari

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